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By Dan Rexford, Vice President of Marketing Innovation Every senior living marketing and sales tip is really just another way to make your prospect feel special. After all, marketing at its core is relationship building. Today, we’ll cover ten more ways to nurture...
By Dan Rexford, Vice President of Marketing Innovation As a senior living marketing consultant, a Life Plan Community’s CEO very often will ask for a definitive answer as to why the retirement community’s occupancy is not where it should be. Unfortunately, in my...
By Dan Rexford, Vice President of Marketing Innovation I often have senior living salespeople ask me, “What are the best senior living marketing tips?” Senior living is a complex business whether your organization calls itself a retirement community, Active 55+, Life...
By Tom Mann, Chief Marketing Innovation Officer, Love & Company Your Life Plan Community has controlled your market for decades and you’ve maximized your campus’ building potential. Now what? The answer might be a satellite campus. The term widely used when a...
Guest blog by Ryan Frederick, Founder and CEO at SmartLiving 360 A strategic plan provides direction, focus and an immediate path for action. In addition, the process of developing a strategic plan aligns a senior living organization’s key stakeholders, including...
Guest blog by Marc Silver, Managing Director at Piper Jaffray After 20 years in the investment banking industry, involvement in countless financing programs and projects for clients, I’ve realized just how intertwined strategic and financial planning are in...
By Rob Love, President, Love & Company Benjamin Franklin once said: “By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.” Preparing for a successful strategic planning process involves extensive information gathering and market research. To develop strategic plans...
Guest blog by Ryan Frederick, Founder and CEO at SmartLiving 360 Author and business management expert Robert Waterman once said, “A strategy is necessary because the future is unpredictable.” Like many businesses today, the senior living field is rapidly changing and...
Guest blog by Melissa Messina, Senior Vice President at HJ Sims During the past sixteen years, HJ Sims has hosted its Annual Late Winter Conference as a forum to gather experts from across the Senior Living industry. This past year, operators and other professionals...
Guest blog by Mary Greer of Engrain The traditional way of finding a new home or apartment has changed drastically in the past few years, in large part due to the rapid advancement of technology. Today’s average consumer is accustomed to obtaining relevant information...
When it comes to making purchasing decisions, seniors and Baby Boomers are more likely to conduct online research than they have ever been before. They explore websites, engage with social media, watch videos and read online reviews to make sure they’re making the...
By Sarah Fleischer, Strategic Services Director There is no debate as to whether digital advertising needs to be a part of your total strategic mix. In 2017, digital advertising outspent TV advertising for the first time ever, making up about 41 percent of the market....
